Big Bend news briefs

A Tallahassee man arrested this week on murder charges is facing additional counts. Kenya J. Williams, 26, now faces charges of sexual battery in connection to an alleged sexual encounter with his girlfriend’s 13-year-old daughter March 1. According to court records, the child told her mother and then investigators that while Williams was watching her at the mother’s home, he coerced her into sex acts. According to statements the girl made to police, Williams told her afterward that if she didn’t want him to get into trouble, “then don’t tell anybody,” court records show.

The girl’s mother told investigators that the 13-year-old had been hesitant to report the incident to law enforcement and that she didn’t suspect any other past sexual contact had occurred. Court records show that once the girl was taken to the hospital March 3, no injuries were observed by police in relation to the alleged sexual battery. A sexual assault kit was completed and collected as evidence. DNA test results are pending. Tallahassee Police Department officers made contact with Williams at the Leon County Jail on Monday where he was being held on murder charges. During an interview with police, his story about the incident with the 13-year-old changed several times. He first told investigators, according to court records, that he had never touched the girl, but then later told them the girl had initiated sexual contact.

Man tased, arrested in bank robbery attempt

A man claiming to have plastic explosives and a gun while attempting to rob a Tallahassee bank Wednesday was arrested after being tased by police.

Stanley K. Geddie, 46, was arrested after he demanded $100,000 from the bank manager at the Capital City Bank on Capital Circle Northwest around 4:55 p.m. He told the manager he was armed and had explosives, but police did not discover any weapons on him after he was apprehended, according to Tallahassee Police Department Spokesman David Northway.

Northway said in a news release officers used a Taser on Geddie after he did not follow their commands when they confronted him in the manager's office. He was arrested without incident.

Police were called to the bank by an employee. Geddie was booked into the Leon County Jail.

Steinhatchee couple arrested on charges of attempted murder

A Steinhatchee husband and wife were arrested on charges of attempted felony murder after police say they hit a 66-year-old man in the head with a tire iron while stealing methamphetamine from his home. George William “Billy” Painter IV, 32, and his wife, 29-year-old Pamela Ann Painter were arrested by the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office on charges of attempted felony murder, armed robbery and theft of a controlled substance in a March 1 incident, according to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement news release. FDLE’s investigation showed that around 4:30 a.m. George Painter attacked the man with the tire iron at his home while Pamela Painter took between 2 and 3 grams of meth. George Painter was already in the Taylor County Jail on separate charges when he was arrested on a warrant. Pamela Painter was arrested at her home without incident Wednesday. The State Attorney’s Office in the 3rd Judicial Circuit will prosecute the case.

State hospital employee arrested on adult abuse charges

A Leon County woman was arrested by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Wednesday after officials say she provoked an elderly man into slamming his head against a door. Arlesia Richardson, 50, was arrested on charges of abuse of a disabled adult, a third-degree felony. According to a news release from Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office, Richardson prompted a man with a history of self-inflicted injury behavior to repeatedly hit his head against a door while she was an employee at Florida State Hospital. She is no longer employed there.

Stamp expo this weekend at Senior Center

The Tallahassee Stamp and Cover Club will host TALPEX 2015, a stamp expo, Saturday and Sunday at the Tallahassee Senior Center. Stamp dealers will be available to buy, sell, trade and appraise. There will be hourly door prizes, including drawings for memorial stamps of Nelson Mandela and Pope Francis. There will be educational displays. The expo is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.

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to end hunger

Grab some friends, form a team and get ready to show off your strength. The Tallahassee Democrat is partnering with A.M.W.A.T. Movers and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare at to host a truck pull at to raise money for Second Harvest of the Big Bend.

The big pull takes place at 10 a.m. April 4 in the Tallahassee Democrat parking lot, 277 N. Magnolia Drive. Register your team (up to 10 people) for only $100 per team.

All funds raised will be donated to Second Harvest. Your team will compete against teams from the law enforcement, fitness, and health communities, as well as everyday citizens just like you.